[Magdalen] GTS

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Scott - ALL of the Episcopal seminaries I visit have MP & EP and at least 1 
weekly Eucharist on one day of the week, if not 2 or more (one being Spanish 
at several - CDSP, SSW). It is also a vital part of preaching as students 
often preach at the office, and liturgy, as many seminaries do variations of 
forms from the BCP and also 'experimental' Eucharists  (in line with where 
TEC is heading today - innovation), including many variations of service 
music and style.  As a person in the pews at a church that 'formed' 
transitional deacons, I can vouch for the energy and suggestions they 
brought to the parish, when the rector allowed them to bloom  and often 
learn, when they planted the seed-ideas they experienced in seminary.

L

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From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 12:30 PM
To: "Magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] GTS

> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
>> Well, you've forgotten that MP and EP are available in many TEC parishes
>> within
>> a brisk walk of GTS.  I'd see GTS students at MP and EP at places like St
>> Mary
>> the Virgin, for example.
>
> But there's also the standard seminary ideal of having the students be
> a worshiping community while they're there. Granted, this is easier to
> form and sustain in a seminary like Nashotah House, out in the woods
> and lakes of rural Wisconsin, where it's more like a Benedictine
> monastery with few outside options. They take full advantage of that
> and explicitly use the term Benedictine to describe what they're
> aiming for.
>
> So I think it's a bit more than having MP, Eucharist, and EP available
> to students; it's that the seminary can become, perhaps for the only
> time in some of the students' ministries, a community keeping the full
> rule of worship. But I recognize that this value might not be
> universally, um, valued.
>
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA